Greenlights
McConaughey shares outlaw stories and greenlight catching from Texas to Hollywood.
2,577-word summary · 11 min read
adventure + nonfiction
5 books tagged both “adventure” and “nonfiction”.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.
2,554-word summary · 11 min read
Into Thin Air
Krakauer's account of the 1996 Everest disaster: a guided summit push, a sudden storm, and the choices that left eight dead above 26,000 feet.
2,447-word summary · 11 min read
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
At 26 Cheryl Strayed hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone to grieve and reset.
2,075-word summary · 9 min read
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer traces Chris McCandless from Emory graduation to an abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail in 1992, asking what drove him to seek a spare life in…
2,526-word summary · 11 min read